Official Pest Reports are provided by National Plant Protection Organizations within the NAPPO region. These Pest Reports are intended to
comply with the International Plant Protection Convention's Standard on Pest Reporting, endorsed
by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures in March 2002.

For information on regulatory requirements for movement of articles out of these states please contact the appropriate APHIS State Plant Health Director- Ohio: John Burch (614) 834-4625 Iowa: Robert Meinders (515) 285-7044 Michigan: David McKay (734) 942-9005

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has instated quarantines for Tomicus piniperda in Dubuque and Scott Counties of Iowa, all counties of Michigan, and Highland, Jackson, Ross, and Scioto Counties of Ohio.